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Your Source For The Best In BasketballMon, 14 Mar 2016 23:25:37 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: SLAM ONLINE | » Game Notes: Pistons at Sixershttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-884335
Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:16:42 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-884335[…] dude run around all crazy and put up that patented jumper when fading left in the lane. I wanted to replicate the moment he had here last season, but again, who am […]
]]>By: FLUXLANDhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-471149
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:24:39 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-471149“and you could sense the tears behind his face. I wanted to see if this cat was real and he didn’t disappoint”

“He played every game like it was his last.”

Mr. Tillery that was PHENOMENAL! Thanks for the
article!
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Starbury? Are you f***ing reading this? Or are you too busy feeling your sisters body and soul while keeping closer to the light?

]]>By: BKhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-467256
Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:52:44 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-467256“101 to 99 here’s Iverson against Tyronne Lu baseline right he steps back he fires two ball got it again! He’s way too good! And he steps around Lu and drilled it, and the Sixers have scored nine in a row!” CLASSIC
]]>By: Young Chris #3http://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-466693
Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:24:35 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-466693Oh yeah… Liz Claiborne…
]]>By: Young Chris #3http://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-466690
Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:20:02 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-466690A.I. needs to be on a team where he can be the man night in and night out. I think that is obvious now, because when he defers, the Nuggets lose. Either that or they need to go after a few defensive stoppers at the point and power forward position, as well as the bench…
]]>By: Tinahttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464971
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:39:57 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464971Wow, that article was amazing! I have to admit, even though I wasn’t at the game and wasn’t able to see it live, when I saw the ovation, it brought tears to my eyes. I still don’t know how he stopped the tears, because all of that was for HIM AND ONLY HIM! It just shows how much he really meant for this organization and this city. In my heart and I’m sure many other hearts in Philly, AI will ALWAYS remain a Sixer.
AI made me a fan of the game. Infact he got me interested in sports. I come from an immigrant family in which I am the first person born here. No one knew anything about sports in my family (not professional atleast-we knew the rules of the games) until one day, we were flipping through the channels. We happened to fall upon the 2001 All-Star game. We ended up watching it and have to say, we became a fan of Iverson right away. From that point on, we hardly missed a game. I got so many friends and family into the game after they watched my passion for the game develop that it is now hard for me to count. This all was because of Allen Iverson, a small player that played his heart out. He took a 13 year old girl (me) and turned her into a philly fan. I eventually started taking interest in other sports, however AI is what sparked it all. Thank you AI. Hopefully, there is a way that you can end it that amazing career of yours in Philly, and possibly play for the championship! We (still) LOVE you!
]]>By: michellehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464929
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:29:22 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464929Wow! Thanks for being the eyes and ears of this historical evening. From A.I. the fan, his mom, Mo, etc., great, great stuff. Reading this article, you took me to the arena. A.I. has grown and I wish him well. Slam has truly found a gem. Again, good work.
]]>By: Michael Tilleryhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464803
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:49:52 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464803Thanks all for the comments.

Do not trade a Hall of Fame player under any circumstances. It leaves a hole in your franchise and takes a while for your fan base to get over the shock. As you all can tell, Philly is not yet over Allen Iverson and probably never will be.

]]>By: Dre's on pointhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464795
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:40:21 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464795This was a great article! I really liked this. I said this in another post, but that ovation that the Philly fans gave AI lastnight was bananas. You really got a grasp on how special that guy is and what he means to people. It was amazing. He looked like he was about to cry during the welcoming and if he would have I wouldn’t have been mad at him. Because that sh*t almost made me cry. I now wish things could have worked out with him and that organization. Like he said, they were fed up with eachother and he was tired of not having any help. They should have taken a page out of the Celtics book and cleared that entire bench with the exception of Iggy, Korver (when he was there), Luo Williams and maybe Dalembert…they should have had a fire sale on everyone else and got proper players in there. Because I don’t care what noone says, when Iverson left the Sixers…Iggy was playing the PG position…Iggy isn’t a PG!! That just goes to show how crazy things were there and how they didn’t have the proper pieces. But I will say people are buzzing about AI right now, saying that they think he might miss Philly and might think he made a mistake. He is on the better team now…but after seeing the love people gave AI lastnight, there are far more fans in Philly that wished Iverson would have stayed then not. When Iverson first left Philly, I thought it was the right thing for him to do, he needed a fresh start, but as a b-ball fan in general, lastnight had me thinking for real. And I was LMAO when AI said his teammates (in Denver) were upset that they couldn’t get him the win…I was thinking “play some damn DEFENSE”!! The Nuggets defense made Andre Miller look like Magic Johnson lastnight and Marcus Camby got exposed by Dalembert. It was ridiculous. That team just shows up when they want to. More reason why I wish Iverson would have just stayed in Philly now, even if that team was just at .500, at least he would have been comfortible in his surroundings and wouldn’t have to worry about trying to fit in to Denvers so-called “team” system. Because that team seems to have a lot of players that are flat out lazy, its crazy. And Coach Karl has got to go, because the style of play he has them playing is not the business…anyhow, much respect to AI. He may play for the Nuggets, but AI will always be Philly.
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Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:03:18 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464762Mr Tillery, this was the best piece I’ve read on this site in a long, long time.
]]>By: ciolkstarhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464728
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:19:01 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464728I love all the old footage of AI in Philly giving love to the crowd after a win and just going hard in general. there just not that same level of intensity/energy in Denver.
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Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:15:35 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464725Yo, you smoked this one Mizzo. That was the perfect way to address the comeback.
]]>By: albie1kenobihttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464683
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:35:44 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464683i remember reading a great article years ago telling people to stop looking at the image of iverson and start seeing who the man really is inside. after all the negativities he went through in his life, there’s no one in the league who commands as much respect as AI. he has changed but yet stayed true to himself. he’s a man’s man. big ups to the Answer.
(p.s. anyone checked out the rookie game clip? it was back when it’s still rookie vs. rookie. the class was actually good enough to make two teams out of.)
]]>By: TADOnehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464657
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:16:39 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464657Just to add a few more thoughts to this:
I remember the whole fiasco between him and his wife and how the media camped outside his house for days on end until he turned himself into the police. It was a damn circus.
I like the fact he owned up to him being the big reason he was traded in the first place. Iverson is a man. Nuff said.
Also, it is so refreshing hearing Ivy speak. He is not some damn cliche or chick quote, the man speaks his mind and wears his emotions on his sleeve. He is real and I love him for it.
]]>By: tealishhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464636
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:59:11 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464636A shame he didn’t win this one. The missed goaltending call was pretty bad, but it shouldn’t have gone down to that if you’re Denver and think you belong in the Western Conference playoffs.
]]>By: TADOnehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464625
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:52:37 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464625Damn Tillery! I’m not even sure where to start. I know this thing was LOOOONG, but I enjoyed every setence of it. I guess until I can get my thoughts together, I’ll jusy say great piece!
]]>By: Holly MacKenziehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464624
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:50:44 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464624And I’ve had tears for the second time in 24 hours over Mr. Iverson. Michael, this entire piece was fantastic. Thank you for summing it up perfectly and for allowing all of us to see our boy AI grown, reflective and real as always. I loved the moments with his mother. I love their relationship and I also love seeing the evolution of Ivy as a player, man and father. He’s a special one and you captured it all in this piece.
]]>By: albie1kenobihttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464620
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:44:50 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464620i don’t think anyone will ever get used to AI not being in a sixers uni. he needs to retire as a sixer.
]]>By: Gerard Himselfhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464615
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:39:40 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464615great article Tillery. When AI does get in the HOF, it indeed should be as a Sixer.
Hate to be an a$$, but it’s a tough loss for the Nuggets, with the Warriors winning expanding their lead….
]]>By: Bubba Chuckhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464611
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:36:57 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464611hes my idol
]]>By: Co Cohttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464610
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:36:45 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464610“Imagine the Incredible Hulk pink instead of green and there you have my thoughts on that”.

I couldn’t agree with you more Mizzo. Great stuff!

]]>By: Myles Brownhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464603
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:26:18 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464603Allen Iverson is a real man, purple shirt or not. His ability to mature as confidently as he rebelled shows that he never was afraid to be himself. Id honestly love to see him go back home to Philly. This is great work Mizzo.
]]>By: Toney Blarehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464543
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:46:10 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464543great stuff. i’ll never forget the press conf. in the 2001 run, with the sunglasses, McNabb jersey, half his hair out, and his kid on his lap, like the ill Sun Ra of hoops in Philly. “hope nobody bet their life on this one, cause they dead now.”
]]>By: Emry DowningHallhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464539
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:43:36 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464539Great job. AI is so candid in those interviews… with so many canned press conferences and prepared statements it’s refreshing to hear from Iverson speak from the heart.
]]>By: speedyhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464530
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:35:49 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464530The biggest warrior in todays basketball.
Iverson’s decision to go to denver was a bad one.
]]>By: speedyhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464524
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:32:47 +0000http://slamonline.com/online/2008/03/the-prince-returns-to-closure%e2%80%99s-sweet-release/#comment-464524One!
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